A delicious quinoa salad with honey garlic sriracha chicken that takes less than 40 minutes to make. This meal prep idea will get you excited for lunch time during your work week!
Course Main Course
Cuisine Meal Prep
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 35 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 4servings
Calories 591kcal
Author Carmy
Ingredients
Honey Garlic Sriracha Sauce
1/2cuphoney, more or less to taste
2-3tbsptamari sauce, more or less to taste
3clovesgarlicminced
1tbspSriracha, more or less to taste
1tbspflour, to thicken
Quinoa Salad and Chicken
4small chicken breast (or two large ones cut in half)
1.5cupsquinoa
3cupswater
1bagspinach
Instructions
Heat up the oven to 400F.
On low heat on the stovetop, mix together your honey, tamari sauce, minced garlic, and flour.
While stirring the honey garlic sriracha sauce occasionally, get a second pot on the stove and place your quinoa and water on medium heat. Your quinoa should take around 15-20 minutes to cook, stir it occasionally.
Once your honey garlic sriracha sauce is throughly mixed together, set aside 1/3 of it and pour 2/3 onto your chicken (in a parchment paper envelop) and bake in the oven for 30 minutes or until your chicken is done.
Once your quinoa is done and your chicken is baking, mix your spinach and quinoa together in your lunch container.
Once your chicken is done, slice it up and place it on top of your quinoa and spinach. Portion out the remainder of the honey garlic sriracha sauce to each serving.
Optional: Serve with fruit!
Notes
Calories range from depend on how much sauce you drizzle onto your dish afterwards!